I do not agree. At all. Quake has some of the most amazing maps/episodes and utterly terrifying aesthetic of any FPS, despite how disparate levels were at time

I do not agree. At all. Quake has some of the most amazing maps/episodes and utterly terrifying aesthetic of any FPS, despite how disparate levels were at times. I can think of few older FPS that hold up as well as Quake 1's single player campaign to this day, and the mapping community is still running amazingly too. Quake certainly took its toll on ID, and was when Romero was ousted. It may not have been the original game they planned, but I don't think the game turned out any bit less amazing of a campaign than OG Doom IMO.